So some random guy at a flea market says one thing and now we're all supposed to change how we cook? Preheating an air fryer for 3 minutes when the manual says you don't need to just adds time and power for maybe a slightly better result. I'll flip thighs if I remember, but acting like shaking the basket is some huge mistake feels like a lot of fuss over chicken wings.

My 20 min alarm naps always left me feeling like I got hit by a bus, so maybe my body's just built different lol. 35 minutes sounds about right for me too, anything under 30 and I'm basically a zombie for the rest of the day. Good to know I'm not just broken.

Exactly, the more tech you stack on a simple setup, the more single points of failure you create. That digital probe was the weak link, and a dumb plate with no moving parts just cant have that same catastrophic day. Down the road, the cheap and boring option usually wins because it does one job without trying to think for itself.